Yard Statue?

[Paradox]

I purchased a used life size bronze leopard/panther statue (relatively inexpensive) and I’m thinking about pouring a slab in the front yard and anchoring it down (with Hiltis at every point it touches) with some up lights. We have a 1/2 circle driveway and this would be in the island area positioned so it faces the street. It is a heavy piece approximately 4 feet long by 3 feet high.

I see a lot of yard art in Havasu and I like it.

Any thoughts on this?

 

[$hot]

Fat girls like leopard print, be careful what you attract!

 

[Paradox]

Fat girls like leopard print, be careful what you attract!

Funny.

Im rolling into the golden years and have been married longer than some are old here..

 

[RiverDave]

I like it, but I should tell you up front my wife describes me as gaudy AF.. lol

I wouldn’t mind having a Foubtaib with Atlas and the world on his shoulders in my entry way as a tribute to Tony Montana.

 

[Ace in the Hole]

I like it, but I should tell you up front my wife describes me as gaudy AF.. lol

I wouldn’t mind having a Foubtaib with Atlas and the world on his shoulders in my entry way as a tribute to Tony Montana.

Do it! I've got a good divorce attorney if you wind up needing it

 

[racetrash]

Lawn jockey

 

[HB2Havasu]

I purchased a used life size bronze leopard/panther statue (relatively inexpensive) and I’m thinking about pouring a slab in the front yard and anchoring it down (with Hiltis at every point it touches) with some up lights. We have a 1/2 circle driveway and this would be in the island area positioned so it faces the street. It is a heavy piece approximately 4 feet long by 3 feet high.

I see a lot of yard art in Havasu and I like it.

Any thoughts on this?

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It would look great with a Monkey in a Cowboy Hat riding it, lol.

 

[HOOTER SLED-]

Ain't no mutha fuckin leopards in Havasu.

 

[DRYHEAT]

Ain't no mutha fuckin leopards in Havasu.

But there is a giant stainless lion in someone’s front yard.

 

[185EZ]

Another reason I'm glad I live in an HOA

 

[jailbird141]

 

[Taboma]

Much scrap value in it ? Or will somebody think there is ? I think it's cool, but then we like cats, large or small.

 

[OLDRAAT]

Ain't no mutha fuckin leopards in Havasu.

Guessing there are some middle aged Cougars lurking about somewhere in that metropolis though.

 

[Paradox]

I like it, but I should tell you up front my wife describes me as gaudy AF.. lol

I wouldn’t mind having a Foubtaib with Atlas and the world on his shoulders in my entry way as a tribute to Tony Montana.

Lol

True, might be a bit gaudy although softened a bit by the small palms and shrubs that would be adjacent to it.

 

[FreeBird236]

Go for it, and we do have mountain lions.

 

[Dan Lorenze]

If you're asking what our thoughts are, I'm not into it. But that's just me. I'm just not into Yard Art as I think it can make the house look junky. But if you like it, that's all that matters.

 

[dspracing]

If you landscape around it properly I think it would look awesome.

 

[Taboma]

If it were ours, I'd skip the front yard "Statement" and focus on incorporating it into a back yard landscaped feature, with appropriate illumination.
That way you're enjoying it while you're relaxing or entertaining. This also removes it from the temptation of tweakers looking to scrap it and shit-heads from being tempted to deface or vandalize it.
Havasu ain't like it used to be.

 

[coolchange]

It would look great with a Monkey in a Cowboy Hat riding it, lol.

With a cat in its mouth

 

[Ziggy]

Ain't no mutha fuckin leopards in Havasu.

The yard art is diverse in Havasu.
Big metal bears in one guys yard, space ship in another, stacked bowling balls......or just 5 rusty cars and 3 trailers

 

[Gonefishin5555]

There is my yard art. She needed air after a couple weeks.

 

[jetboatperformance]

I want a "Lawn Jockey" for the ranch Rhonda says NO LOL

 

[Taboma]

The yard art is diverse in Havasu.
Big metal bears in one guys yard, space ship in another, stacked bowling balls......or just 5 rusty cars and 3 trailers

I'm more fascinated with some of the creative mailboxes, can't do that around here with all the mobile bat swingers.

 

[LazyLavey]

View attachment 1080397 There is my yard art. She needed air after a couple weeks.

You mean she had to come up for air?

 

[LazyLavey]

 

[240Hallett]

The yard art is diverse in Havasu.
Big metal bears in one guys yard, space ship in another, stacked bowling balls......or just 5 rusty cars and 3 trailers

And don’t forget about superman in the phone booth!

 

[jetboatperformance]

Rusty Old farm "equipment" as yard art is big in my neighborhood as most of the lots are acreage for "gentleman" ranchers , they hold it dear < I avoid clutter because when you have property its very easy to collect/attract "stuff" but I've often wondered what would happen if instead of the landfill I started bringing home some of the "beater boats" and trying to make cactus/rock gardens ........ NOT

 

[twocents]

I don't know why but this thread brought back a memory from over 50 years ago. I was living at home with my parents in a house up on top of Baldwin Hills (like where that dam ruptured and flooded hundreds of homes). The race boat was stored at the house where I could work on it anytime I needed. Often I'd roll it out of the garage and work or clean on it in the driveway. There was a new owner (a black gentleman) who bought a house six or seven doors up the street. The house was a very nice custom home and in the front yard were two large (about six-feet tall) Grecian statues that were soild pearl white. He had been there less than a month and one day I noticed the statues were no longer 'white' but were now painted solid 'black'. It seemed a little odd at the time, but no big deal, it wasn't my house. The guy was super friendly -- he'd wave everytime he drove by (at all different hours of the day and night, and usually in a different luxury car -- Mercedes, Cadillac, Lincoln, BMW, Etc.). And when the boat was in the driveway he never miseed a chance to stop and have a short conversation. Seemed like a very nice person. Finally one day curiousity got the best of me and I asked him what he did for a living. His reply was "I serve the needs of the people." I didn't press any further but my intuition said he was either running drugs or in to prostitution. Then a couple of months later he seemed to vanish -- no cars up and down the street and no activity around his house. Another couple of months passed, still no sign of him until one day I was browsing through the L.A. Times and on page 3 was his picture and a story with a headline -- Major West Coast Drug Kingpin Arrested in Seattle. That asnswered a lot of questions.

 

[Gonefishin5555]

I would have guessed he was preacher

 

[DLC]

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anything Panther reminds me of Anchor Man ….

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lol

 

[DLC]

The yard art is diverse in Havasu.
Big metal bears in one guys yard, space ship in another, stacked bowling balls......or just 5 rusty cars and 3 trailers

Don’t forget the Dinosaur! On Acoma, It’s always nice drive by to see what’s he has going on

 

[nowski]

I think the statue is cool but you may want to keep a close eye on it.

Does anyone remember back when the Dennis the Menace statue was stolen in Monterrey Ca.? Found some 10 years later in Florida...

 

[Paradox]

Well, I went and did it. Night lights and all. Anchored at 4 spots into the recently poured concrete slab.

Although a minor piece of work, a local Concrete Contractor (Rick Klem) did it for me exactly as we agreed, within the agreed to schedule and at a reasonable cost. Kudos to him.

 

[COCA COLA COWBOY]

I like it!!! Very nice piece!

 

[ChiliPepperGarage]

It's not too gaudy but I think it would be really cool if you could rig it up so flames shoot out of its mouth.

 

[Berdes]

I'm more fascinated with some of the creative mailboxes, can't do that around here with all the mobile bat swingers.

I'm more fascinated with some of the creative mailboxes, can't do that around here with all the mobile bat swingers.

Working on this one. Antique visible gas pump, from scratch.

 

[HNL2LHC]

Well, I went and did it. Night lights and all. Anchored at 4 spots into the recently poured concrete slab.

Although a minor piece of work, a local Concrete Contractor (Rick Klem) did it for me exactly as we agreed, within the agreed to schedule and at a reasonable cost. Kudos to him.

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Nice to see you got it completed.

 

[Taboma]

Working on this one. Antique visible gas pump, from scratch.

Wow Great job and very creative and one very cool mailbox.

 

[Vlads]

View attachment 1080397 There is my yard art. She needed air after a couple weeks.

So that's where she landed! I'm gonna need my money maker back. She's a TikTok star now.

 

[Orange Juice]

Yard ART

 

[callbob]

Anyone old enough to remember when someone stole the big fiberglass chicken from in front of a restaurant in Yuma and it ended up by the truck scales in Banning. (Chicken coop in trucker talk)